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DESCRIPTION:\nCall for Papers\n\nRhetoric in Society 4\n\n&ldquo\;Contempor
ary Rhetorical Citizenship: \nPurposes\, Practices\, and Perspectives&rdquo
\;\n\nDepartment of Media\, Cognition\, and Communication\nSection of Rheto
ric\nUniversity of Copenhagen\nJanuary 15-18\, 2013\n\nGreetings all\,\n\nT
his is the first bulletin of the fourth biennial Rhetoric in Society Confer
ence to be held January 15-18\, 2013 at the University of Copenhagen\, Denm
ark.\n\nWith this bulletin\, we want to invite you to do two things: mark y
our calendars and start thinking about how you might contribute to the conf
erence with your scholarship.\n\nBelow\, we introduce the theme of the conf
erence and provide basic information about the various presentation formats
.\n\nWithin a few weeks\, we will contact you again with more information a
bout the conference program\, key-note speakers\, and how to submit an abst
ract.\n\nIn the planning of the conference we wish to promote discussion am
ong conference attendees. One way is to set time aside for discussion in al
l meetings\, another is to allow for regular breaks\, and a third way is to
arrange social gatherings suitable to networking and amicable conversation
. We hope you will come and be part of the discussion!\n\nTheme\n\nThe them
e for this fourth conference on Rhetoric in Society is &ldquo\;Contemporary
Rhetorical Citizenship: Purposes\, Practices\, and Perspectives&rdquo\;.\n
\nWith the concept of rhetorical citizenship we want to draw critical atten
tion to the ways in which being a citizen in a modern democratic state is i
n many respects a discursive phenomenon. Citizenship is not just a conditio
n such as holding a passport\, it is not just behavior such as voting\; cit
izenship also has a communicative aspect: Some perform citizenship when the
y watch a political debate on TV or discuss a program about homeless people
with their colleagues over lunch - or when\, one day\, they don&rsquo\;t d
uck behind the fence but engage their cranky neighbor in conversation about
her views on city street lighting. Others enact citizenship when they enga
ge in political debates on Facebook or Twitter or join their friends in com
ing up with the most poignant wording for a protest sign the day before a s
treet demonstration. And for others still\, &ldquo\;rhetorical citizenship&
rdquo\; is a distant ideal far from the realities of their everyday life\;
because the legal citizenship\, literacy\, and media access that such a con
ception of citizenship often presupposes aren&rsquo\;t within their reach\,
their experience with rhetorical citizenship is one of exclusion.\n\nRheto
ric\, with its double character as academic discipline and practice\, stand
s in a unique position to engage the linguistic and discursive aspects of c
ollective civic engagement. Drawing on and in collaboration with neighborin
g fields of inquiry such as political science\, discourse studies\, linguis
tics\, media studies\, informal logic\, practical philosophy and social ant
hropology\, scholars of rhetoric are able to study actual communicative beh
avior as it circulates in various fora and spheres &ndash\; from face to fa
ce encounters to mediated discourse. With our diverse theoretical and metho
dological backgrounds we hold many keys to pressing concerns such as the al
leged polarization and coarsening of the &lsquo\;tone&rsquo\; in public deb
ate\, the turning away from political engagement toward smaller spheres of
interest\, and the general difficulty in making politics work constructivel
y in many parts of the world\, not least the EU.\n\nWe invite attendees &nd
ash\; scholars\, teachers\, students\, and citizens across a range of disci
plinary traditions &ndash\; to extend our knowledge of the social roles of
rhetoric through theoretical and critical study\, and to consider our roles
as public intellectuals: how are we to name\, describe\, criticize\, analy
ze\, and\, indeed\, undertake or teach rhetorical action on matters of comm
unal concern whether locally\, nationally\, or internationally?\n\nWe invit
e papers that help address questions such as\, e.g.:\n\n* How is rhetorical
citizenship to be defined and developed as a critical frame for studying r
hetoric in society?\n\n* What conditions must obtain for rhetorical citizen
ship to be possible and thrive?\n\n* What rhetorical processes and maneuver
s can be observed in practitioners of rhetorical citizenship?\n\n* How is r
hetorical citizenship instantiated across genres\, settings\, and cultural
or geographical settings?\n\n* How is rhetorical citizenship experienced di
fferently\, even controversially\, depending on power differentials and soc
ial or regional constraints?\n\n* How can rhetorical history and pedagogy s
erve as a resource for contemporary theory\, practice and critique of rheto
rical citizenship?\n\n* What disciplinary connections need to be made or re
invigorated for fruitful interdisciplinary work on rhetorical citizenship?\
n\n* What are potentials and pitfalls for sound and dynamic public rhetoric
al engagement?\n\n* What is good and what is poor rhetorical citizenship?\n
\nYour contribution to the conference\n\nPlease consider submitting a panel
\, individual\, poster and/or special session proposal that speaks to the c
onference theme.\n\nIn addition to the specified length requirements (see b
elow)\, please include in an abstract: the title of the paper\, name(s) of
presenter(s)\, the nature of the material for analysis/the &lsquo\;case&rsq
uo\;\, the guiding research question and/or overall argument as well as ide
ntification of the theoretical and/or methodological basis of the inquiry.\
n\nPanel proposals\, individual proposals\, and special format proposals wi
ll all be placed in sessions of 60 - 90 minutes. Generally\, 30 minutes wil
l be set aside for each presentation to be used in this manner: 15-20 minut
es for the presentation and 5-10 minutes for questions and discussion with
the audience. After each presentation a few minutes should be set aside to
allow audience members to leave the room and go to a different session.\n\n
Submission options\n\n1) Panel proposals\n\nPanels should consist of 3-4 pr
esentations and preferably a respondent. A panel will have a 90-minute slot
of which 20-30 minutes should be set off for discussion. Proposals should
include a 250 word abstract for each individual presentation. Proposals sho
uld be no more than 1250 words in total.\n\nPanel organizers are strongly e
ncouraged to invite a respondent to initiate and lead discussion after the
presentations.\n\n2) Individual proposals\n\nIndividual presentations will
be given a slot of 30 minutes of which 5-10 minutes should be set off for d
iscussion and time to allow audience members to change rooms. Proposals sho
uld include a 250 word abstract.\n\nIndividual papers will be grouped accor
ding to topic and/or theoretical approach by the conference planners. Once
the program is ready\, we encourage presenters on each session to exchange
papers two weeks in advance of the conference in order to participate in a
common discussion of the papers toward the end of the session.\n\n3) Specia
l format proposals\n\nSpecial format sessions of 60-90 minutes are invited.
Special format proposals are meant to encourage panels that are unusual in
format\, especially those that invite the active participating of both pre
senters and audiences. Consider such formats as debates\, a series of short
position papers designed to generate discussion\, roundtables\, screenings
of rhetorical performances followed by discussion\, workshops or other spe
cial formats. In addition to explaining the nature of the special format\,
the technical requirements needed to carry it through\, and the estimated t
ime need\, proposals for such sessions should adhere to the formal requirem
ents of &lsquo\;regular&rsquo\; panels\, i.e.\, analytical focus\, theory\,
and explain the role of the participants\, and the goals and aims of the s
ession. The word limit is 350 words.\n\n4) Poster proposals\n\nA poster is
a visual artefact of &lsquo\;poster&rsquo\; size that represents a scholarl
y project on the conference theme in a visual/graphic manner. Posters will
be exhibited in designated areas throughout the conference area\, and there
will be time set aside for conference participants to study the posters an
d discuss them with the presenters in an informal manner. Posters may prese
nt work not otherwise presented at the conference.\n\nSubmit your proposal\
n\nProposals should be submitted to the conference website by March 1\, 201
2. We will notify you when we are ready to accept submissions.\n\nIn upcomi
ng bulletins we will provide information about when and how to submit propo
sals.\n\nConference website\n\nThe conference website for RiS4 2013 is stil
l under construction but can be found at this URL: (http://rhetoricinsociet
y.hum.ku.dk/) rhetoricinsociety.hum.ku.dk\n\nWhy not bookmark the website t
oday\, so that you can easily return and stay abreast as it develops and pr
ovides information on how to submit proposals\, how to register for the con
ference\, where to stay\, etc.?\n\nAcademic Committee\n\nHilde van Belle\,
Lessius University\, Antwerp\, Belgium\nRobert Ivie\, Indiana University\,
Bloomington\, USA/Honorary Professor\, University of Copenhagen\, Denmark\n
Jens Kjeldsen\, University of Bergen\, Norway/S&ouml\;dert&ouml\;rn Univers
ity\, Sweden (RSE)\nMarie Lund Klujeff\, Aarhus University\, Denmark (RSE)\
nKendall Phillips\, Syracuse University\, USA (RSA)\n\nOrganizing committee
\n\nMette Bengtsson\, University of Copenhagen\, Denmark\nMark Herron\, Uni
versity of Copenhagen\, Denmark\nChristian Kock\, University of Copenhagen\
, Denmark\nRasmus R&oslash\;nlev\, University of Copenhagen\, Denmark\nLisa
S. Villadsen\, University of Copenhagen\, Denmark
SUMMARY:RHETORIC IN SOCIETY 4
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